Royal Air Force - RAF

During the take off run, the aircraft hit a snowdrift, causing an engine to catch fire. The take off procedure was interrupted and the aircraft was stopped on the runway. While there were no casualties, the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

The crew was completing a training flight in the region of Barmouth, Wales. While cruising at a height of 1,000 feet, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Bwlch y Llan and was destroyed by impact forces. All 4 occupants were killed.
Crew (9th AFU):
P/O Frederick Roger Bullock, pilot,
P/O John Alexander McIntosh, navigator,
P/O John William Butcher, navigator,
Sgt Henry John Noy, wireless operator and air gunner.

The aircraft left RAF Lyneham at 2230LT on a transit flight to Gibraltar but failed to arrive. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found and it is believed it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean or the Bay of Biscay.
Crew (512th Squadron):
W/Cdr Patrick E. Hadow,
F/O R. L. Hammill,
LAC Charles W. Summers,
W/O Cyril Frederick Dean Steel.

Short Sunderland flying boat T228 took off from RAF Station Pembroke Dock at 0715LT on 24 December 1943 to carry out an anti-submarine patrol. At 1225LT a distress signal was received from the aircraft. At this time T228 was over a force of enemy destroyers and in company of another Sunderland. At 1310LT a message was received from the other Sunderland aircraft which stated that wreckage of a Sunderland aircraft had been sighted and one survivor seen on the wing float of the aircraft. A dinghy was dropped but the survivor disappeared a few minutes later. Although the crew of the accompanying aircraft did not actually see T228 shot down, it was believed that T228 was shot down by an enemy surface vessel.
Source:
http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19431224-0

While descending to RAF Coleby Grange, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Winter Hill, less than 40 feet from the summit. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was seriously injured.
Crew (410th Squadron):
F/Lt Martin Anthony Cybulski.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/pennines/penninesbm837.htm

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Lichtfield, while in initial climb, the aircraft collided with a flock of birds. Some of them hit the left engine that failed. Captain decided to return but few seconds later, the aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in a field near the airport. While all 7 occupants escaped unhurt, the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. The crew was conducting a training flight on behalf of the 27th OTU.

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores Island, while completing a maritime patrol flight. While all 10 crew members were rescued, the aircraft was lost.

Crashed in unknown circumstances on the slope of Mt Brandon, Munster. All six Polish crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Klemens Adamowicz,
Sgt/C Stanislaw Czerniawski,
Sgt/C Pawel Kowalewicz,
Sgt/C Naftali Hirsz Pawel Kuflik,
Pvt Kazimierz Lugowski,
Cpl Wincenty Pietrzak.

The seaplane left RAF Pembroke Dock at 2345LT on December 18 on a routine flight to Gibraltar with 19 crew members on board (two complete crews and reinforcements to the squadron as passengers). While cruising by night some 30 miles off the Saint-Vincent Cape located on the southwest coast of Portugal, the crew was able to send a distress IFF signal that was received by the crew of a second Short Sunderland which was following DW106. Despite intense SAR operations, no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (270th Squadron):
F/O Vernon Maurice Sparkes,
F/Sgt Charles Albert Mark Barber,
F/Lt John Eric Wood,
F/Sgt Frederic Raymond Brown,
F/O Edward James Jay,
F/Sgt Francis Mcphee,
F/O Reginald Robert Terance Crump,
F/Sgt Eric Piggott Botting,
P/O Neil Procter Chapman,
F/O Norman Edmond Hanna,
Sgt Stanley Kidd,
F/O Raymond John Elderfield,
Sgt William Henry Cryer,
Sgt William Peter Houston,
Sgt Henry Leonard Thompson,
Sgt Maurice Robert Hunt,
Sgt Edmund Albert Hooker,
Sgt Samuel Hughes,
F/Sgt Leslie Robinson.
Source:
http://www.landinportugal.org/air_pages/a01_copy(133).htm

While cruising in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit a mountain slope located near Inishowen Head, Donegal County. Four crew members were killed while the fifth occupant was seriously injured. Visibility was low at the time of the accident.
Crew (271st Squadron):
P/O Carol Herbert Brown, †
P/O James William Swaby,
F/Sgt Arthur Bain Shaw, †
LAC Albert Edward James, †
LAC John Thurston Taberner. †